Contents:
- PINCHAS ZUKERMAN The veteran violinist and violist tells Pauline Harding his views on everything from his new masterclass series to the role of technology in string teaching
- INTERNATIONAL LUTHERIE SCHOOLS What are the options for young violin makers looking to improve their skills? Peter Somerford talks to tutors from seven European and US schools to find out
- NEWARK SCHOOL OF VIOLIN MAKING The Strad looks back on 50 years of the UK’s best-known institution for lutherie and the many well-known names who have passed through its doors as students
- STRINGS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA Teachers in the largest, and most remote, Australian state face unique challenges. Rita Fernandes finds out why bringing strings to regional areas is worth it
- SESSION REPORT Katie Stillman and Carmen Flores of the Villiers Quartet talk to Harry White about their latest recording of works by Frederick Delius and Ethel Smyth
- PIETRO GUARNERI OF MANTUA Andrea Zanrè examines three unusual instruments that have been repurposed during their lifetimes, but still retain the Mantua maker’s unique characteristics
- YURI KRAMAROV The Russian violist and pedagogue was one of the Soviet era’s greatest successes – but today he is almost forgotten. Misha Galaganov reassesses his legacy
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS Jordi Pinto examines an unusual tenor viola made by his own grandfather, Jacint Pinto
- TRADE SECRETS Luthier Fany Bourel presents a traditional way of gluing the C-bout ribs
- MY SPACE Mechthild Ossenbrunner of Cologne
- MAKING MATTERS Andrew Ryan examines a curious detail of Cremonese archings
- MASTERCLASS Tabea Zimmermann on the first movement of Hummel’s Viola Sonata op.5 no.3
- TECHNIQUE Marcos Santos on the collé stroke
- LIFE LESSONS With violinist Carmine Lauri
- OPINION How a different discipline, such as learning a new language, can bring new ideas
- POSTCARD FROM BELGIUM String quartets compete in France’s wine-making capital
- POSTCARD FROM HELSINKI The finals of the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
- FROM THE ARCHIVE From September 1892
- SENTIMENTAL WORK Violinist Jack Liebeck on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.1 in D major
